WORLD
TURKEY: Turkey faced fresh accusations it was flouting the rule of law with its purge of 50,000 people after an attempted coup. German Chancellor Angela Merkel's spokes- man said: "Every day we are seeing new measures that flout the rule of law and that disregard the principle of proportionality."
UK: Prime Minister Theresa May stressed Wednesday in Berlin that UK would not ask to leave the EU before the end of 2016. "We will not invoke Article 50 until our objectives are clear,"May said.
SYRIA: Syrian residents expressed outrage Wednesday at the brutal killing of a child by a rebel group in Aleppo, branding it a "heinous act". The horrific murder was carried out by Islamist rebels who accused the boy of fighting alongside government.
GERMANY: The authorities cast doubt on whether a teenager who went on an ax rampage in Bavaria was really an Afghan refugee, saying he might have been from Pakistan. Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said the teenager was believed to be a "lone wolf" attacker.
PORTUGAL: The police have issued a list of rules for using the smash hit Pokemon Go augmented-reality game, warning users not to play it while driving and not to wander off with it alone. "Don't use this application while driving. It's difficult to do two things at the same time," the police said.
Trump becomes Republican nominee
Republicans formally chose Donald Trump as the party's presidential nominee Tuesday. The tycoon said it was time to "go all the way" and beat Democrat Hillary Clinton in November. "This is a movement," he told the delegates via video link. On the convention floor, states from Alabama to West Virginia took it in turns to pledge their delegates. It fell to Trump's home state of New York, represented by a coterie of the candidate's adult children, to hand him the majority-plus-one needed to clinch the nomination. "It's my honor to be able to throw Donald Trump over the top in the delegation count tonight," Donald Trump Jr said to cheers and applause. "It's unbelievable. It's surreal. I'm so proud of my father," said Trump's eldest daughter and businesswoman Ivanka Trump. "He did it. We are so proud of him." A Trump staffer on Wednesday admitted to using Michelle Obama quotes in a speech delivered by Melania Trump at the convention. Melania Trump had "always liked" the current first lady and had "read me some passages from Mrs Obama's speech" over the telephone as examples of what she wanted to tell the convention, Meredith McIver said. "I wrote them down and later included some of the phrasing in the draft that ultimately became the final speech. I did not check Mrs Obama's speeches. This was my mistake, and I feel terrible for the chaos I have caused," she said. McIver said Trump had refused her resignation, telling her that "people make innocent mistakes".
Florida probes 'non-travel' related Zika case
Florida health officials said they are investigating a potential case of Zika infection that was not contracted by someone traveling to a region affected by the mosquito-borne virus. Until now, there has been no sign that mosquitoes carrying Zika have arrived in the continental US, but officials have warned that the possibility was looming. It was not immediately clear whether the Florida case involved mosquito bites or sexual contact, since both are known routes of transmission. The Florida Health Department "is conducting an investigation into a possible non-travel related case of Zika virus in Miami-Dade County," it said in a statement. Center for Disease Control and Prevention said Florida had confirmed a Zika infection, and that the CDC is "closely coordinating with Florida officials," according to the statement. The CDC said federal authorities would, upon request, "conduct additional laboratory testing." As of mid-July, there have been 1,306 cases of Zika in the continental US, nearly all involving people who had traveled to areas in Latin America and the Caribbean basin.
Twitter stirs debate after banning editor
Twitter found itself embroiled in controversy Wednesday after banning an editor at the conservative Breitbart website for fueling a stream of abuse that drove "Ghostbusters" star Leslie Jones to quit the social network. The move banning Milo Yiannopoulos, the website's tech editor known for provocative posts, sparked protests from his supporters but praise from others, while sparking debate over free speech rights. The move by Twitter sparked a hashtag war with Yiannopoulos supporters using #FreeMilo and his critics #LoveForLeslieJ. Yiannopoulos wrote that "Twitter has confirmed itself as a safe space for Muslim terrorists and Black Lives Matter extremists, but a no-go zone for conservatives." The suspension came a day after Jones, who is African American, said she was leaving Twitter after being bombarded by Internet trolls likening her to an ape and making other racist insults. "I leave Twitter tonight with tears and a very sad heart. All this cause I did a movie. You can hate the movie but the shit I got today... wrong," the "Saturday Night Live" comedian and actress said late Monday.
United States in Brief
CUBA: Cuba called Wednesday on President Barack Obama to make the former Cold War enemies' reconciliation "irreversible," as they marked one year since the restoration of diplomatic ties. Cuba's top diplomat urged Obama to ensure his successor cannot undo the countries' historic rapprochement.
NAVY: The top navy commander vowed Wednesday to continue patrols in the South China Sea. "The US Navy will continue to conduct routine and lawful operations around the world, including in the South China Sea," John Richardson said.
GULEN: Preacher Fethullah Gulen urged Washington to reject Turkey's efforts to extradite him and rejected as "ridiculous" the claim he was behind the past week's coup attempt. "I urge the US government to reject any effort to abuse the extradition process to carry out political vendettas."
HSBC: Prosecutors announced charges against two top HSBC executives over a fraudulent foreign exchange trade front- running scheme that netted some USD 8 million at the expense of a bank client. Mark Johnson, the head of global foreign exchange cash trading, was arrested at John F. Kennedy airport Tuesday in New York, the Justice Department said.
FUND: In a stunning blow to Malaysia's establishment, the Justice Department said Wednesday it was moving to seize more than USD 1 billion in assets allegedly tied to corruption at a state-owned investment fund. In court papers filed in California, federal prosecutors listed the Hollywood financial crime caper "The Wolf of Wall Street" and nearly twenty other assets to be seized.
NASA: SpaceX's unmanned Dragon cargo ship arrived Wednesday at the International Space Station, carrying nearly 2.5 tons of gear and supplies for the astronauts living in orbit, NASA said. Space agency astronauts Jeff Williams and Kate Rubins reached out and grabbed the spacecraft, using the space station's 57.7-foot long robotic arm.
LADY GAGA: Lady Gaga said she was "taking a break" from her relationship with actor Taylor Kinney Wednesday but still hoped to reconcile with her "soulmate."
COMIC-CON: Comic and film fans from across the world will don costumes this week and descend on California to spend four days geeking out. Every July, San Diego transforms into Nerd Town USA, as tens of thousands of monsters, aliens, manga characters and caped crusaders throng the streets for Comic-Con International.
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TUESDAY'S SCOREBOARD
MLB: INTERLEAGUE
Toronto 5, Arizona 1
Boston 4, San Francisco 0
Tampa Bay 10, Colorado 1
MLB: AMERICAN LEAGUE
N.Y. Yankees 7, Baltimore 1
Minnesota 6, Detroit 2
Cleveland 7, Kansas City 3
Oakland 4, Houston 3
L.A. Angels 8, Texas 6
ChicagoWhite Sox 6, Seattle 1
MLB: NATIONAL LEAGUE
L.A. Dodgers 8,Washington 4
Miami 2, Philadelphia 1 (10 innings)
N.Y. Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 1
Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 2
Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 4 (11 innings)
San Diego at St. Louis, ppd.
NBA: Phoenix will face the San Antonio Spurs and Dallas Mavericks next January at Mexico City, the NBA announced Wednesday after booking two regular-season games in Mexico for the first time.
NHL: Slava Voynov, suspended indefinitely by the NHL after a 2014 domestic violence incident, was replaced Tuesday on Russia's World Cup roster by Tampa Bay's Nikita Nesterov. Nesterov has played two seasons for the Lightning.
TENNIS: Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal on Tuesday pulled out of next week's Toronto Masters, joining Wimbledon champion Andy Murray in deciding to skip the event.
OLYMPICS: The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday it would take up to a week to decide whether to ban Russia from the Rio Olympics over its "state" doping machine. The final verdict could come less than 10 days from the Rio opening ceremony.
The IOC executive decided to wait until after a Court of Arbitration in Sport ruling expected Thursday.
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